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General Stock Discussion / True and false RF?
« on: January 06, 2011, 17:10 »
I recently have opened an acount in Photoshelter; until now I have only worked with microstock agencies, and studying how to use PS, I have founded some information that makes me doubt respect some things I used to have clear in my mind. I hope I could expose them orderly, and you could help me:

1- I know the difference between RF and RM licenses, and we ethically should not sell the same images as RF very cheap and as RM many many times more expensive. And I also think this way.

2- PS have three kind of licenses: Personal use (PU from now), RF and RM. PU is, of course, only for personal and never for commercial use. RM, as we know, determines the different uses and has different prices depending on them. RF is royalty free at all, licensee could do practically anything he/she wants with the file.

3- My conclusion is that in microstock RF is not a true but a false RF, and corresponds with PU in PS, because in micro lincensees can't commerce with the image unleast they purchase an Extended License, so in the beginning the sale is only for personal use (and the extended one is more expensive).

4- If I'm right until now, I'm ethically allowed to sell an image in microstock as RF for a few bucks (for me a few cents) and the same file in PS as RF for $100, for example (and as PU for the same price as in micro).

Am I right? Am I confused?

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General Stock Discussion / Uploading sizes
« on: December 17, 2010, 14:48 »
Recently, in other topic, some people have been discussing about downsizing their files when uploading to those agencies who works with subscription plans. I confess I have never thought about it, and I'm interested, because is frustating when you have many subscribtion sales in wich you gain $0.20-0.40 depending on the site, for files at maximum size.

Subscription sites I contribute to are:
Fotolia - min 4Mp (2400*1600)
Dreamstime - min 3Mp (2000*1500)
Canstockphotos - don't know minimum
Depositphotos - min 4Mp (2400*1600)
123RF - min 6Mp (2900*2175 aprox)
Panthermedia - doesn't matter since you have the chance to disable subscription sales.
Crestock - don't know minimum
Pixmac - min 3Mp (3000*1500)

I'm temptated to only upload files to those sites at the minimum size, but...
For example, in Dremstime, I have had 42 sales until now, many of them subscripted, others no. Of those 42, 6 (one of seven) I have sold no-subscripted and at a size large or maximum. That kind of sales produces a satisfaction, is when I see my little gains grown. And I would have lose part of this money if I have uploaded the files at the minimum size required. I even think that many of the subscription-frustrating sales could not be existed if I haven't had the maximum size of the file, and buyer could have chosen another photographer's file (and little by little, they are a strong percentage of gains).

I would like to know what do you think about this question. Someone in the other post says he upload in subscription sites at a size of 5Mp, when his camera has 17 or 18, don't remenber, and argues that downsizing also increases quality of files (in many cases it's truth that the file is better this way).

What do you do? What do you think about?

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